Best Martial Arts for Self Defense
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- What is the best Martial Art for self Defense? This is a question that can not be easily answered. In this video I will explore various styles of Martial Arts and discuss the pros and cons of each. With nearly 30 years if Martial Arts training, I have had the opportunity to train many systems of Martial arts, and work out with practitioners of even more. This teir list represents my own personal experience with each art.
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"A 100% of fights start standing up."
Well no. Today I woke up rolled off of my bed onto the ground and immediately got into a fight with my cat. So now your percentage has dropped to 99.99%
same with my cat. I cant use power against him but a boxer's speed definitely helps 🤣
no, they do not. they can start sitting in a car or at the bus station, in the bus, laying in your bunk in the military or in jail. or even in your home (by your spouse or S0, or someone that you live with. Many people are killed by their lovers or relatives
2:00 Aikido
4:05 Bartitsu
5:56 Army Basic
7:40 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
11:10 Boxing
12:01 Catch Wrestling
13:36 CDS
14:53 Gracie Jiu Jitsu
17:20 Guns & Firearms
20:54 Hapkido
22:35 Jeet Kung Do
24:19 Judo
26:49 Kali
30:01 Karate
32:30 Kenpo
36:47 Kick Boxing
37:47 Krav Maga
40:32 Kuk Sool Won
42:19 Mixed Martial Arts
44:10 Muay Thai
44:42 Police Tactics
47:52 Shaolin Kung Fu
49:00 Silat
50:49 Taekwondo
52:41 Tai Chi
53:52 Wing Chun Kung Fu
55:57 Japanese Jiu Jitsu
57:20 Wrestling
You’re Welcome
what was the answer?
@@uberhikari6294 ?
@@uberhikari6294 oh, I get what your asking. I’m just placing where each style he begins talking about. I could have placed the answer but I decided to just place the times he talked about them
Combat Sambo 👍👍 Why is Sambo not on the list UFC Champions use it & it can be used in the streets, It's Grappling & Striking. Sambo is Wrestling & Judo based. Sambo 👍👍👍
What about shorinji kempo and daito ryu?
"The greatest victory is that which requires no battle"
"One mark of a great soldier is that he fights on his own terms or fights not at all"
"Be where your enemy is not"
-Sun Tzu
so, dont show up to the fight?
Thanks for the great and very informative video. I have tried Karate as a teenager, Judo in college, a little Ju-Jitsu, a little BJJ, and a decent amount of Krav. I have always been a proponent of Krav, but you reminded me of it not really being pressure tested, except for a little ground defense. 30+ years since college, I still remember and can use Judo techniques and it was pressure tested.
Totally agree with the list. Haves trained Muay Thai for a couple of years and I absolutely love it. They always teach us to avoid conflict completely unless it is necessary to defend yourself.
Thats wonderful
I'm sorry but literally it is taught by every martial arts discipline on your very first day in the gym/dojo not only in muay thai. If you aren't told that on your very first day just gtfo out of that place. 😂
@@LycanSpyder12 I disagree, when I started jiu jitsu no one said a thing about it since all of us training were adults. Its not like a coach can change you at the age of 25 if you have been an a**hole for 25 years, let alone on your first day
OK, MT is very great, but will it work by an untrained, little overweight and older pupil after a few weeks in the gym...? Or is it a style for young and strong guys...? Example, TKD is great for selfdefense...after some years of training and with great flexibility for high kicks. But its useless for not trained people that start with TKD at the age of 60.
@@balthasargelt4098 My first day in the dojo for judo, my master keep emphasising about avoiding conflict unless there is no way out. And yes we are also adults. But you do have a point though 😂
Coming in I thought you were those self-defence “experts” but no this was really good and realistic…
There's "experts". Then there's experts.
Nice
Lol I take karate and it is 100% in the right tier this man is really good with his rating. I’m thinking of taking jeet kun do (Bruce Lee’s martial arts) but for now karate is good
@@wackityhackity553 jeet kun do is a not a good martial art because it gets it greatness from the person you gonna learn it from,if the teacher is not good the style not going to be good
Hey mum I am a Taekwondo person but he is wrong about CHUNG DO KWON style of it which is solid blood, broken bones and pain. Also my instructor is high up
@@nvisiondk8791 true but if they are then you will be too
I've boxed and done some minor judo in the past. I've always been interested in learning combat for self defense and confidence in protecting myself and my family. After learning to box I gained alot of confidence in my ability to protect myself although avoiding fights is always my number 1 because fights aren't fair. I was looking for something else to get into. I was very interested in JJ and Muay Thai. Thank you for showing me how many different things there were and how effective each one was as well as breaking down why Soni could make my own decision. Great video!
Thank you so much!
BJJ and Muay Thai are very good choices I would stick with those and maybe try to find a school that’ll mix them together
@@christianpickett8822 luckily I have! There are two schools in my are that teach both so I'm super pumped to get started
Muay Thai is a great martial art its so fun to like with clinching and takedowns
Muay thai and bjj end any fight
I've studied and self trained traditional Muay Thai since 16 years of age, and now 26. It really prepared me for real training. I walked into a Muay Thai gym day 1 better than anyone who's been there for years(compliment from coach/world class fighter Malaipet Sasiprapa). Form, mentality, reflexes, execution etc. I have a good friend who we would always spar between 20%-80% almost daily because it was fun and indulging. It made us tough as stones because as time went by, pain wasn't really a thought in our minds anymore. Also picked up Judo for 8 months and that was quite an experience. Now I don't ever start fights or ever look for a fight, but I've gotten into a few fights outdoors(over protecting me or my friends) against aggressors, where we came out not badly harmed every time. So you, in your mind, have to know who's trained or untrained. Always analyze and deescalate as much as possible and that is the best defense from a personal perspective. It's not always about fighting back. You gotta have that mentality to stay neutral during altercations and that's a real stress test to whether you can make a situation worse. So the best defense, is really experience and discipline where martial arts did not play a big factor. BUT, having that martial arts background and knowledge, reminds you what you're capable of because it will not be used or will not work half the time. So train in body, but more in your mind. Muay Thai and judo would be top tier for me because of how it impacted my life so far.
Other than that bro, this is A1 content. People need this knowledge. Martial arts isn't about harming people. It is just used as is.
3:22 "If you were in a situation where your son were to attack you"
Dude, i didn't expect the emotional reaction i had after hearing that. It reminds me of training mentally as well as physically. Like training to defuse a potentially bad situation, you don't want to cause injury but to restrain.
Mentally, you always expect the unexpected.
Good work
If your son is trying to kill you you should have been a better Sifu.
As a cop, I've been to MANY calls where a father is having to fight, and/or restrain a teenage son. It can be very difficult to do, especially when the kid is fighting for real, and dad is trying to not hurt him.
nice explain... every expert matrial art known about mentality and speed reaction to critical moment..
from my knowledg, taekwondo disipline has a fast reaction.. even am silat lover...
taekwondo routine is more comfort for emotion, tactical defend
@@hardeho ACAB
Thanks for the feedback. Your opinion is really important to me.
Any popular martial art plus sparring/pressure testing will make the art very strong.
That's very true, a good kick from any martial art or a good punch is really all you need to either start a vicious combo or end it right then and there.
also will turn you into a shaped stone, probably you will only be prepared to use and to defend from a specific set of moves,in a specific contest of clothes and scenario
most martial arts gyms don't teach how to fight in a place with tables,chairs,hard ground and wearing pants that don't allow you to kick high
@@victorsrur134
-Most styles don't advocate kicking high in a real fight
-Hard ground makes no sense; being thrown hard on a mat is enough to let someone know it would've hurt on a hard ground. In fact hard ground prevents you from learning hard throws. On a mat you can actually throw hard without hurting people and learn what would've worked on a hard ground.
-Where is the gym that trains with padded tables, chairs and hard ground? Closest I've ever found is weapons styles like HEMA and belegarth.
True but many arts like Taekwondo dont do contact sparring. They just kinda jump in and out at each other wheras boxing you really hit your partner.
That's not true at all. You can pressure test Aikido till you're blue in the face and you will end up with a handfull of moves you can use and 99% garbage. At what point do you admit that the style doesn't work?
I really appreciate how you admitted your biases. I also really appreciated how you didn’t just knock down striking martial. Overall I agree and understand why you rated everything the way you did. I’ve studied martial arts for over 20 years now and can tell you know your stuff. Great video
Thank You
I agree with this list completely. I was a TKD practitioner and I trained with two different instructors, one wanted us to be fast kickers for tournaments, would prepare us for point accuracy and we'd heavy sparring every Friday which was great to condition yourself for tournaments. And the other incorporated jiu jitsu into our tkd background and would be very strict about us having our hand guards up at all times, would always encourage to de escalate rather than be the aggressor. I still fondly remember this second instructor because what he thought me helped me avoid many street fight situations as well as leave unscathed when everything else failed.
The Second guys sounds awesome
I used to train in a mix of Eskrima and Kempo, and one of the first things we talked about going into armed fighting was that if you can arm yourself in a fight, do it, and if you show up unarmed to an armed conflict, you've made a mistake. The first thing we were taught explicitly about knife fighting was never get into a knife fight, because best case scenario is still a really bad day lol. Definitely was an eye-opening experience when compared to martial arts that are more formalized or competition oriented; Escrima was much more about being the guy who gets to go home under his own power, and using whatever techniques you could to make that happen.
I think highly of Eskrima , of what I have seen on TH-cam . I never new that that martial art existed before having watched it on TH-cam. I like their use of medium length sticks very much and their use of weapons , in complete integration with weaponless fighting, that is by far what most caught my attention about Philippine martial arts. I thought they were just great. I was a black belt in Judo when I was young.
Yes, I like very much the way Eskrima integrates weaponless fighting with armed fighting and sees them as complementary, as far as I have been able to tell ; I know of no other martial art that does that….and yes…. knife fighting is just awful in the sense of the damage that will take place , that is why the Eskrima sticks , I think are so great, because you avoid a knife fight while keeping the knife wielder at bay, and at the same time maybe even inflicting serious punishment on him , with those wonderful sticks. What wood are they made of? And : do they have a name ?
@@bernardotorres2532 Eskrima sticks are usually made of lacquered rattan.
@@spencermerritt3891 Thanks ….do they have a name? Other than Eskrima sticks?
I have seen on TH-cam that their strike is extremely painful , not like being stricken with a wooden broom stick
This guy has a rational approach to the martial art styles and their strengths and weaknesses. Something the martial arts-community in general could use more of. i would like to hear what he thinks of arts like Capoiera, Vale Tudo, Savate, Kurash, Ninjutsu, Hwa Rang Do, Pankration and Bok(Mongolian martial art).
Shinobi-no-jutsu/ninpou aka ninjutsu is not a bujutsu=ma. Shinobi-no-jutsu is jst feudal Japanese gurila warfare tactics consisting of espionage.sabatoge.subterfudge.arson.breaking&entering.herbolgy.poisions.toppagraphy.sentry removel.astrolgy.situational awareness.patholgy&psychology. There is no special ninja hand2hand m.a ninja m.a is fraud. If ur honestly into ninja 🥷 then jst gt Anthony Cummins books 📚 his books r translated from historical scrolls 📜. P.s fujibayashi yatsutake states on the bansenshukai. By the way the bansenshukai is a shinobi-no-maki=ninja scrool. In the bansenshukai fujibayashi yatsutake states a shinobi aka ninja must no bujutsu=m.a this means a person training & studying Shinobi-no-jutsu must no hand2hand & weapons. In short well studying 📖. Training & researching 📚 Shinobi-no-jutsu u can train in wat ever m.a & weapons u want.^^ also don't fall for the ninja scame jst by books learn from & learn m.a from a shifu.sensei ect.
@@rudycuyno874 tony ferguson is that you?
@@herbey6980 some kind of misunderstood genius indeed
I think what kind of is a problem at his approach is that most fights basically end after the first punch/ sucker punch because once you‘ve been hit seriously in the face u are confused for a second or lose ur balance and that’s mostly when u get more punches to the face
So i think boxing is actually way better then he gives it credit for it sharpens ur reflexes to doge or see a punch coming and u already know what a punch to the face feels like
I had this video recommended to me, and I don’t even do martial arts. But for some reason Judo stood out to me. So fast forward a couple weeks, I found a judo school and am officially learning. Crazy how these things just drop into your life.
Bad ass!
how are you finding it now?
@@TheSchoolOfSelfDefense Where is your opinion on Russian Sambo?? Especially Combat Sambo. I have a Sambo school near me it teaches Grappling & Striking it's Wrestling & Judo With Kurtka Shorts & Wrestling shoes No belt System in 2020 they added a Belt System's Strips on your Red or Blue belts in Russian Sambo. Fedor Emelianko, Oleg Takagrov UFC Champion Sambo & it's street based. What the heck you missed Sambo!
I've practiced Karate, Judo and Kick Boxing - as a smaller guy I found judo probably the most useful and it's fun throwing people. I've not trained in any martial arts for the last 8 years and wanted to get back into something. Seems like MMA will be my best bet (due to availability).
Thanks for the great video and explanations!
The only issue I have with Judo is that (at least around here) it's very competition focused and isn't very patient towards beginners. Like, as soon as I could perform a somewhat acceptable breakfall I was immediately thrown into randori (no pun intended) and thrown with competition speed, getting several injuries and a concussion. That really turned me away from training in Judo despite the fact that I love throws and takedowns.
You might want to go to the Urban Combatives Channel run by Lee Morrison, Target Focus Training (TFT) run by Tim Larking, Geoff Thomson from the UK and his you tube videos or Tony Blauer's SPEAR system. All the "classical mess" as Bruce Lee once stated it has been removed. I'd do those things over MMA.
@@vajraman2067 I think Geoff Thompson is simply awesome! Great instruction, sound and realistic methods from judo and boxing, and a stellar personality. Love anything from the man.
I read that Aikido people, back in the day, were expected to be high ranking in Judo or Jujutsu; peace, love, and gentle wrist locks make more sense as an add on for older fighters than a main art to me.
Also I realized that I didn’t mention how much I enjoyed your video; thank you for all the work you put into this.
Wow thank you so much. That means the world to me.
Tomiki was a high ranking Judoka, I currently take Tomiki Aikido and some of the moves are almost the same as Judo
@@pastorczo13 As someone who’s done neither I’ve always thought aikido would build well off of judo
Would like to read your source ss well.
Another con for firearms is their legality. Although they may not be an issue in the USA; globally, access to firearms is either incredibly difficult or outright illegal. Therefore, by default rendering that defence system unusable in some places.
Also great video and a pleasantly surprising detailed breakdown of each martial art
Wow thank you so much for the kind words!
I wish more people recognized that Firearms are very limited and inaccessible for the vast majority of people in the world.
@@TheSchoolOfSelfDefense me chilling in the UK everytime someone recommends firearms for self defence, seriously tho it is annoying that a lot of people do just focus on America so really do appreciate when people recognise that what works in America doesn't work everywhere
@@ffbear8078 Conversely, I could not imagine living in a nation where citizens are denied the right to self defense, and only the government and criminals have firearms. Especially, since both entities are at times the one and the same.
@@richardschafer7858 it's v v v unlikely a criminal will have a gun in the UK, since we don't share a land border with another country and we don't produce commercial guns, you'd need v good smuggling to acquire one or go through a lengthy sport/hunting license process
@@ffbear8078 I get it. It's a different situation there entirely. You guys have pretty draconian knife laws too I believe. Yes, we are more weapon friendly here. I think I may know ONE person who doesn't own a firearm. 😆 Besides, if one lives rural here, there are critters here that can still eat you for lunch.
Bears, criminals and tyrants. Gotta have a solution. 😉
Really nice! I've trained Karate and Judo for 17 years, as well dabbled in other arts here and there. And one major difference, which I think is maybe more important than style and art. Is the club and instructor. You can have a Karate instructor with a very good self defence mindset, that takes time to focus on different self defense techniques and mindset. And on the other hand you can have a clueless MMA instructor, who's never been in a self defence situation. And teaches very dangerous techniques without understanding what is being taught (in terms of actual self defense).
So keeping the information in this video in mind when chosing a club, will get you super far.
This was really well done. It really does come down to the specific school within an art as well. I trained kuk sool won for 12 years starting in 1990. We sparred twice a week and trained till we were soaked in sweat 6 times a week total. I also know some Japanese Jujitsu guys who are the nastiest fighters I've ever met. They have taken their art to practical street application.
Very logical analysis of the various arts!
That's awesome. I started martial arts with KSW
This is very true, you will find differences between every school. Some schools work there students harder than others. I fell it comes down to the instructor and what they fell is right for their school.
Something you forgot the mention about karate is the punching, blocking, knuckle conditioning and in/out movement is designed for bare knuckles and no wrist wraps. Pretty useful for not breaking your wrists and hands ( at a legit dojo)
From what I read in the biography of Ueshiba (the founder of Aikido) , I conclude that the original version of Aikido was much more violent and useful for real and hard combat than today's version. It included swordfighting, punching, jiu jitsu, besides the other typical aikido moves. Today's Aikido is a result of Ueshiba's own personal and moral development, as he gradually kept removing all the elements of attack and violence from it. It was because of his war experience that he kept trying to make it more and more peaceful. The original purpose of Aikido is often misunderstood, as the wristlock, throws etc. were meant to be incorporated within swordfighting, street brawls and battles where groups of people run at each other, which is the exact situation when throws and wristlocks are particularly useful for throwing the running enemy off balance.
Many within the Aikido community recognise the fact that the art has lost much of its essence & look to Systema founder, Mikhail Ryabko, as someone who embodies many of the same qualities & tactile skill as Ueshiba. More and more people in the Aikido world are beginning to realize that even a short course in Systema will pay them great dividends in increased mental and physical freedom, leading to effortless movement. Famous names in Aikido who have learned from Systema include: Hiroshi Ikeda (Aiki-kai 7th Dan) and Kevin Choate (6th Dan under Saotome Shihan), Matthew Hill (5th Dan Iwama) and the list is growing. The similarities with Aikido are uncanny.
Ueshiba was a japanese jiu jitsu practitioner and developed the Aikido system; just like Kano who developed judo
@@minorityofone1510 He practiced more than one Japanese TMA.
There can be value in anything. Some people who trained in Eskrima incorporated some Aikido techniques (and named it Eskrido). That's why Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do was so special. It emphasized finding value in anything that could be useful to you, not just from martial arts, but from sports to dancing, to just about anything.
Wow that’s crazy if that’s true. Do some people still teach those things?
Gotta admit that I was surprised by how much I agree with your overall rankings. I wrestled in high school, studied Kenpo (in its Kajukenbo variant) in Hawaii, and Shuri-Te Karate in Japan. Tried out TKD once, but the "McDojo" thing was in full force and I walked away from that pretty quickly. I've dabbled with a few others, including Wing Chun and Kali/Arnis (you can chalk that up to Tao of JKD influence). Your analysis of Kenpo made me smile: it is indeed brutal. My stand-up abilities are decent, but I've been kicking around the idea of training my ground skills. They're not nonexistent, but they're lacking compared to what is fairly common these days. As for feedback on your rankings, I'd probably bump Kali up a bit. I'm pretty much never without a knife; it's just part of my "daily carry," right up there with my wallet and keys. And it's a fixed blade, so it's not folded up in my pocket; it's immediately accessible (perfectly legal in Texas). That's just me, though; others' situations might differ.
It would be interesting to have a conversation about this. The best Martial Art is one that works for you in various situations, but that's just understanding tactics. Having multiple different martial arts is always a good thing, technique-wise. I would have to say Kali/Arnis/Eskrima has a good amount of pressure testing. Lots of live sparring at full controlled speed without padding, as well as understanding how to go up against multiple attackers. Lots of good bruising to get used to, on the hands, arms, body, and sometimes on the head. For close-quarter weapons fighting, it is essential in its simplicity to learn. Definitely a B+. I would also move boxing to B+ as well. It is the best for striking with fists, staying balanced, blocking, dodging, and foot movement. As you're noticing, there should be martial arts in the B+ that have a primary technical focus: hand-striking, kicking, close-quarters weapons, take-downs, grappling/wrestling, mid-long distance weapons, etc. Which would put Guns & Firearms up at B+, as well as Muay Thai. It's too bad Tae Kwon Do has become McDojo'd, since the footwork, balance, and timing for kicking complements very well with boxing. Otherwise, an actually decent overview.
Really great video! I practiced +10 years of TKD (both ITF & WTF schools) and a year of Shotokan Karate. I 100% agree about the McDojo issue, and it's totally true how a ton of TKD students don't keep their hands up or leave their head open. I would constantly yell at people to keep their guard up. Also, TKD has little to no ground game. I'm 28 years old and I'm super, super interested in learning ground methods.
do bjj, and muay thai(since you have tkd) background, you have more variety of kicks that can throw people off guard and most tkd practitioner have very good footwork and moving around.
but i do think TKD itself is pretty useless against another trained person but having TKD as a background is very story.
Should try an MMA Gym, you would learn ground game and how to transition to it from stand up, I would suggest it respect to muay Thai because, muay Thai (an art that I absolutly love) has a different stance based on stability that wouldn't allow you to use all the kicks and mobility you have developed with TKD while in MMA the stance is different from TKD but way similar
@@DrangusKahn that's a big claim, why would it be the only one worth learning?
@@DrangusKahn in a combat or self defense scenario is for sure not one of the most effective
How do you avoid the McDojos?
As a combat soldier and boxing trainer your analysis is superb!
Wow! That means a lot. Thank you
I really liked how you did this talking about both best case scenario and what you'll probably see if you look for a school. One thing about self-defense if you include your ability to avoid fights most self defense situations are one person who wants to fight and the person who deescalates and so no fight happens. Avoided fights rarely get heard about. The social skills are way more useful in preventing yourself from getting hurt than the martial arts even if they teach situational awareness. For example I could learn to swim at an olympic level intelligence wise and maybe swim in a rough ocean but a native Hawaiian who grew up going to the ocean every day is going to know where not to swim when not to swim there and what to do if your swimming somewhere dangerous. Just like being a bouncer or police officer is going to give you unique awareness of situations that people often get hurt in if it's not navigated correctly.
Been learning jiujitsu for about a month now have really enjoyed it
Great video, so informative! I imagine the McDojos started popping up after the movie, "Karate Kid." It is so true about the importance of sparring. I joined a so-called boxing school, but there was little formal instruction. I learned the punches and spent weeks hitting the heavy bag, but once I got in the ring and sparred, I was lost due to the lack of organized sparring.
I love the breakdown. I love how much time you invest in the videos that you create or the topics we discuss related to martial arts. Thank you for being a positive and educational resource to our community.
Wow! Thank You so much
That was the best any youtuber has done to convince me to subscribe lol. I was like, “ yeah man good point. You win.”
As someone who trains I was expecting this to be off base, but I was pleasantly surprised. Good information and points you made 👍
Thank you so much.
To echo the popular sentiment, I was refreshingly surprised to see that you know your shit and that breakdown was very well thought out and explained. I would move Catch Wrasslin' up in front of Muay Thai for the ground domination aspect and Wing Chun down to Ju-Jitsu due to lack of pressure testing, but otherwise I agree with that list given the criteria is a self-defense system of martial arts. I've run the gambit from TKD as a kid to Boxing to Muay Thai to JKD; BJJ to MMA so speaking from experience, this breakdown really does highlight a lot of the strengths and weaknesses of each art in a truthful way. Good job man!
Wow! Thank you so much! That means a lot
Really enjoyed this video. I think you bring up really good points. Ultimately, any practice that is an active, pressure-tested martial art is going to be a lot better than most "self-defense" techniques simply because the person goes through conditioning and has enough gas in the tank to last more than 15 seconds in a combat situation that isn't immediately ended through deadly force. Not only that, but they probably have enough conditioning for the "Run Away" defense to be effective!! Interesting also to hear you talk about knife situations essentially being horrible, and nothing you do, no matter how well trained, is going to get you much of anywhere against a knife situation. It's a good warning for folks who think their BJJ/Muay Thai/Judo is going to be useful against a guy with a knife, or other bladed weapon.
I used to train kenpo as a teenager and earned a black belt, my kenpo school was definitely a mcdojo since we didn’t pressure tested the self defense techniques and there were alot of child black belts. I currently train BJJ/GJJ (blue belt) and is definitely a much better experience, if I had to defend myself in a fight I would put my trust in my BJJ skills over what I learned in my kenpo days.
I recently moved and was lucky enough to find a JKD school about 10 minutes from me. In less than a month, I've been introduced to techniques from wing chun, kali (both sticks and knives, as well as the wrist locks used in conjunction to knife-fighting), grappling/takedowns and panantukan in addition to the core elements of JKD, such as the bi jong stance and the straight lead. I came in with the knowledge of how to throw a decent punch but my technique has been refined with some instruction on basic footwork and angling combined with the sheer amount of boxing training we do. The arts within my school's curriculum are so complementary and additive it's often difficult to distinguish between them and we almost always combine techniques from different arts within the same training exercises, resulting in an undeniable synergism. It's a truly exceptional system and with none of the hyper-formality that previously turned me off of other disciplines.
Sounds awesome!
“You probably don’t have a knife on you right now” Looks down at the knife in my pocket
Nice video for sure
Ya...us weirdo's always have at least one knife on person or within reach at any point of time 24/7.
@@stagecoachprepper you sent me this as I was cutting up tonights steak with the biggest knife in my house
An me looking at my switchblade knife on my desk 😂
I keep a Machete in my bedroom.
A really good, honest and realistic take on the matter, the best "self defence martial arts" video I´ve seen so far on youtube, all the analysis is SPOT on. Great work, respect :)
Thank you so much.
@A Crane. Hot damn. Someone actually listened!
This is the first one I loved,you made some really fair points and I could not agree more
Great list and breakdown. I'd rank PTK ( Kali) a solid A+ though. For 1. No Kali practitioner is ever without a knife or some kind of weapon. Ever. and 2. The empty hands is actually pretty good and I've trained boxing for nearly 9 years and practiced Muay Thai for a little over a year. Like most PTK practitioners I'd only use those skills... to get to my weapon. High level Self Defense.
I agree Kali is the higher form of Asian Martial Arts combined. The goal of Kali is total elimination of your opponent. Kali is A++ for me!
Holy smokes this video was incredible. Well-informed with in-depth insight! Subscribed
awesome list dude! really enjoyed this! i agree a lot with your list!
i would put kickboxing and boxing in B+ tier personally just because of the amount of actual sparring experience you get and for the even more important fact is that you get hit!!! that flinch reflex doesn’t magically go away and in a self defense scenario imo you don’t want a fantasy in which you don’t get hit.
i did kenpo too!!! schools can definitely be hit or miss. still a style i enjoy to watch and experience a type of nostalgia.
anywho loved the video going to sub to your channel.
Thanks for taking time to do this I was anxious to listen to the whole thing I do Savate wing Chun and JKD I think it’s a tough list studied under studied under Francis Fong we’re very progressive we actually spar and since wing Chung is the corner stone of JKD I can hardly see where you rank is so low but all in all thanks for doing this
The element of live training or pressure testing as you call it is ridiculously undervalued. What people also forget is that it is one thing to „pressure test“ against your buddy’s in fantasy martial art xyz or do it against trained killers.
Great video. I've watched all of them on your channel. I've been to your school once for the free class and can't wait to get into it full time. Only thing I'm waiting on is my girlfriend and I have our first little man on his way. November 11th. But I love that you have so many arts to offer. I may have to just do privates for now till I can do all classes.
Well congratulations!
Give me a call when your ready to schedule some privates.
Congrats!
I do wing chun...I was gonna blast this guy....but he is absolutely right about the art....I had to train with a boxer to improve my Chun for self defense. Not the ring or sports! Great video!
Thank-you very much for clarifying that this is solely based upon Self-Defense and not overall Combat Prowess. Aikido for example has been useful for me in certain Street Fighting and Self-Defense scenarios. Mind you that's not my Main Martial Art or my background. I do tend to have Mad issues with Brazilian Jiujitsu. You have to be on the ground. Fights do start standing up. You don't want to go down. I'm gonna be of a different focus and Mindset as a Street Fighter myself. I evolved into that over the years. I rarely am in Fights mind you. Deescalate or not harm most of the time. Deal with Weapons or Unarmed. Use of weapons or unarmed.
each style has advantages and disadvantages.
The best style is your one style taking into consideration characteristics of your body
Largely agree with the list, not sure I agree with the top two and both catch and freestyle wrestling should be higher, it definitely favours the youth but even a hobbyist wrestler can dictate where a fight can go, not to mention you develop insane strength. Catch wrestling also has a heavy emphasis on escapes as the sport awards points on top control / submissions not off your back which is the last place you want to be in on a street fight.
Muay Thai should be higher too, knees are very useful in a street fight probably the biggest low risk high reward strikes possible, also has a lot of trips compared to other striking arts.
Gjj and judo are definitely top tier but yes wrestling is above boxing
I did Kenpo for about 3 1/2 years and the one thing I didn't like about it was it was full on attack. I just came back to martial arts and at 59 just got my Blue belt in Gracie Jiu Jitsu. What I like is I can seriously injure someone if needed or just submit someone. One example we've heard is the drunk brother-in-law at the wedding that gets ornery and throws a punch. Pretty sure I don't need to take out his eyes or break his knee, etc. Thanks for the video.
Yeah I do kenpo as well brother, I know what you mean
its same like in judo . i can injure or submit
@@Supermomo2007 I've done a little Judo and find it to be humbling. Extremely effective.
@@Rich32262 iam beginner in judo and groundwork is very explosive i did learn in one month judo more than year kung fu
This was a really good video, love your take on the different arts!
Got excited when you mentioned Basic Army, so I’d love to see your opinion on Marine Corps Martial Arts
I'd it was Trained for long tern like boxing A or B teir.
I see an inconsistent product from MCMAP. I don't think folks take it seriously
Wow great video. I tried a lot of schools before choosing mine. And yes karate has a lot of MCDojos. When I finally found my school it was a noticable world of difference. I chose Shuri Ryu karate. We sparred 3x a week and since the instructor also taught Japanese jujutsu we learned the technique and then would practice against resisting opponents.
Sounds like an amazing school!
My dad trained in Japanese Jujutsu for years and (Kokusai Ryu to be specific) he started training in it when he was about 4 or 5, he started training at the Penang institute of jujutsu in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia because my granddad was in the RAF and got posted out there. My dad is now 57 and has been training since, he had to stop training full on because his arthritis, but he told me he used to spar quite often and pressure test it a lot.
He started teaching me and my siblings when we were quite young and he used to teach us something and then run through some situations and sparring with us. I used that and kickboxing as the base/foundations for my fighting style but I’ve done little bits of other things too. I get your point because in some dojos now they don’t pressure test anything at all but I prefer Japanese jujutsu to BJJ or Gracie jujitsu or judo. But that’s just personal preference
I was fortunate enough to have a Krav Maga teacher that had a background in both the Israeli military background and Muay Tai. With my teacher I covered striking martial arts, ground control (bjj) and wrestling. The biggest focuses were conditioning and sparring.
I found it the exact opposite of close minded, willing to use and technique that was effective.
However I’m also UK based and got do have sessions 1to1. I’ve heard Krav Maga dojo’s in the US are a lot more spotty in their effectiveness
Yeah. When I speak of Krav I am limited to my experiences in America
Same here actually, I think it really comes down to the club you join. Krav seems to have a mix when it comes to the good and bad clubs.
We trained full speed with our sticks in my kali training. We did wear gloves and a mask, but otherwise, we just went home with a lot of bruises and lessons on where we needed improvement, lol. Also, i pretty much always have a knife or 2 on me or in reach at all times. The exception to that is traveling on planes, but throw them in your checked luggage, and grab something stick like if you are extremely unlucky in the airport. Really enjoyed this video.
Great video, you went very in depth and explained why each style is good or bad
I think you covered this topic very well. I took Hapkido and love it specially like you said, if you stick with it’s true concept. However, kali and penjak Silat or Silat in general is awesome… I think these three arts are relative. Karate is great also specially, before people started suing… karate from the old days in comparison to modern karate was extremely effective….
Along with other Martial Arts, I've studied Kenpo as well and I definitely agree with you on where it stands. It teaches you to end the fight as quickly as possible and as efficiently as possible.
The problem is if that's all you know, then you're going to have a really difficult time defending yourself against someone you don't necessarily want to hurt if it comes down to it.
I Fought Kempo guys there not good Unless they have a grappling base, I like Combat Sambo. This channel didn't even address Sambo. Top MMA fighters are Sambo Fedor Emelianko Sambo, Oleg Takagrov UFC champion Sambo. Sambo is grappling & Striking. Russian Sambo 👍
Thank you! You did an awesome job.
Oh, and I loved it when you said ' goodie belt ' lol.
I started doing martial art when I was 16, dabbled in BJJ for a few years, did Muay Thai and boxing for many years, one aspect that almost always forgotten is strength, conditioning can come from practice and sparing, but strength is most often left out of a lot of these martial arts, in a street fight a big strong man can beat a little good fighter more likely than not, Its so important to get strong especially if you plan on getting wrapped up with another man, its easy to be quick as a striker (boxer, kick boxer) but once you get tied up with another man whos adrenalin is rushing as your is(remember a street fight is different than a bout and training, your adrenaline will rush its natures way of giving u a nitro boost), technique will suffer if you cant man handle just a little bit or at least hold your own in the strength department. I know grappling/trapping is a timing and leverage game, but do not underestimate strength in this equation, Ive been in my fare share of street fights where Im the more skilled fighter but the big strong guy gave me a run for my money( because in street fights there are no weight classes) .
Get those chin ups in, get under the squat bar, be able to lift your own weight and more its so important, I can remember the time I took the time to do strength training when i was doing Thai boxing, my effectiveness in the clench improved by a lot, My legs where stronger so I wasn't moved around like a rag doll from the bigger fighters anymore, I was able to hold my own with bigger and even more skilled fighters. Even when I was playing soccer with friends I can feel the new strength I had help so much. Its a shame, My reason for staying away from weights for so long came from boxing, its basically a sin in a lot of gyms lol but once I took the time to get strong I was changed in my beliefs ( it slows u down...more muscles means getting tired faster) its quite the opposite
Indeed
I do Gracie jiu jitsu and I love it :) haven't experienced striking though.
Do it! Ask your coach if he knows some striking coaches! Hope you're still on it :)
Impressed by your knowledge. Good video sir
As a Kenpo instructor this had me rolling 🤣, carry on my man! We had a saying in our school that sums it up...Swift blinding violence!
Fun fact there are more styles of kenpo with sub sets and more advanced forms. It does have a less lethal side and a side that teaches how to care for the injured. The issue is that it usually is not taught until after Black Belt, by which point most students are no longer involved due to the reasons mentioned above. There is a lot of pain before the healing! Not to mention the Shadowless style. Kenpo was made for war.
Note: Idk about other kenpo schools but we where taught/teach ground work.
I agree on the weak points of firearm training but I'd place it higher due to the potential of defending other people in a situation, it is an amazingly good self defense tool that doesn't cover what many of the other martial arts do, but covers what many of the martial arts can't
There is one Tai Chi teacher I have lightly sparred with, and he was actually good at FIGHTING. He is an anomaly.
Sick! Do they have a you tube? It would be cool to see effective Tai Chi.
@@TheSchoolOfSelfDefense there are many styles and schools of tai chi, with most of them being very much the elderly moving meditation type of practice, but there are still some in the minority that retain some of the original, more stand up grappling/wrestling form of tai chi.
The following link is from a more modern offshoot of the original Chen style of tai chi that focuses more on application: th-cam.com/video/XMJfzRLqOts/w-d-xo.html
Note that the MMA guy is playing by the tai chi competition rules which unfortunately do not allow for leg grabs.
Another example from the same school/style sparring with a wrestler without that constraint of the competition rule set: th-cam.com/video/YSO7uUc4QKo/w-d-xo.html
@@TheSchoolOfSelfDefense If you want to see effective tai chi look at Richard Clear.
@@richnielsen4465 has a lot of stupid techniques, like the arm lock in the clinch, it is the least effective I have seen
@@TheSchoolOfSelfDefense In this era where even muay thai and MMA are mcdojo-fied, some of the best gyms actually come from where we least expect. I have fond memories of a very small wing chun gym which unfortunately had to close several years ago due to lack of popularity. They were legit, had sparring almost every day, and the head instructor was clearly cross-trained in multiple styles and pulled a sit-out on me. I mean a textbook classic wrestling sitout with perfect technique. In wing chun class.
I started the MA in the US when Bruce Lee was still alive. First JJJ and I wrestled a little in college, but then found karate. There were not a lot of choices then. Over the years, I've found karate to be very effective. However, I have added submission grappling, some boxing, JKD, and kenpo to my skill set. As a teacher, I am very functionally oriented meaning fighting is central to what I teach. I want my students to be comfortable on their feet or on the ground. I feel if you don't train fighting you may be practicing a martial art, but you are not a martial artist.PS: Look at Kenpo 5.0. It's a well-rounded form of kenpo.
For years I assumed if I were to approach the wing chun I should find a partner/ teacher who loves to spar and incorporate conditioning. Im glad you confirmed my assumption with a professional opinion
This video was amazing, thank you for your time
From a pure self defense standpoint I agree with the list and I wrestled in High School, became a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and was trained in Wing Chun since I was five from my father who's a Sifu. Good stuff.
I am training karate and I even was suprised when we started learning how to defend against knives, but our coach said that you should only use this technique if you have no other choices. And we actually do learn how to grapple and take down enemies. loved the video, really loved the explanations.
We learned knife defense and "grappling" (hapkido) when I did TKD. My issue is that it's not a very pressure tested thing. I'd go to a wrestler any day since they're used to the grind of actually competing with someone else resisting. Even without a knife disarming technique, they understand grappling concepts and aggression.
wow so the martial arts fighting mangas that ive read was pretty spot on. amazing vid loved the analysis
What manga?
I am a blue belt in Brazilian jujitsu I also trained Muaythai for a year at the same gym that I train Brazilian jujitsu at I think you made a great list and I totally agree with it.
Thank you so much!
As someone who practiced Kempo in high school and early college, I can't tell you how many times sensei would show us a technique and then go, "... and from here you should be able to easily snap your opponent's neck."
Such a nice and detailed list, thank you. I’ ve done some Krav maga, more kick boxing and now I jumped into BJJ, which I m loving it. Imo a good combination of striking and grappling is the best option. I would put the “teacher/master” factor in all the arts mentioned. A fully committed and inspiring boxing teacher would produce very capable fighters, while a mellow money-sucking judo master wouldn’t, etc.
I agree with the "teacher" thig 100%. I find more often then not the issue is not the fighting method but the training method.
Many thanks for your time, sir.
Thank you for this video. I studied kickboxing for a few years and nowadays I train taijiquan. Luckily, our approach on chen style is focusing on practical body mechanics making it somewhat supplemental for fighting BUT there is nothing more cringy to me than taijiquan practitioners or so-called masters which are straight up convinced that they're ready to defend themselves after learning forms and doing pushhands alone.
one of the better thought out ranks I have seen.
Thank you so much
I was fortunate to have a good karate school as a kid, we sparred often, were taught a lot of the de escalation and prevention aspects, and children literally weren’t allowed to get a black belt or practice with weapons. Unfortunately I don’t know anything about fighting now as this was almost 2 decades ago, but it was still a good experience.
I was watching this because my interest in martial arts has been rekindled and I wanted to learn about the various styles and I think this did a good job at giving a baseline. I can’t afford any lessons or schools atm but it’s still fun to learn about.
Also, I wish king fu was better at self defense. I’ve always liked the way it looks but it seems that like I was taught as a kid, it’s not actually very useful in fights.
It all depends on what you want. If you want straight Self Defense Kung fu may not be ideal. But Kung Fu is still fun, bad ass, and great workout. And you will still learn fighting skills in the right Kung fu school. If you like Kung Fu, do Kung fu.
Actually a super realistic list, you are incredibly knowledgeable and this was a fun video :)
Wow! That really means a lot to me! Thank you
actually really happy to hear that JKD the art i just started learning is a tier hahaha
Self-defense a lot of times depends on the defender and what they have to defend against. An adrenaline rush mixed with a little fear can be a good motivator,as well as self preservation. Train well in easy to use techniques and have a good exercise program.
Basic boxing combos and knowing how to get off the ground is all you’ll ever really use in an altercation anyway
Literally, I took ITF TKD for 9 years and i developed devastating kicks, but damn was I garbage at real fighting lol had to take up boxing and wrestling to cover some of my weaknesses.
Joe Rogan too said that despite being great at TKD and kicking, he would get beat up in sparring by kickboxers because they could combat his kicks and beat him with punches 👊
My combat hapkido teacher also is a black belt in kajukenbo, also a champion Muay Thai and BJJ practitioner, a lot of he covers in his Hapkido teachings is Muay Thai striking, light rolling, kuntao Silat weapon techniques, and then of course stuff like kodegashi and s lock.
Taekwondo was my intro to martial arts. I love it. My first academy was a mcdojo I think but I learned so much. We practiced punching kicking and various control tactics but the control tactics didn't happen a lot. My 2nd academy was WTF style and we did mostly kicks. My current academy is a non franchise UWTA affiliate that is close to my original school in that they incorporate more control tactics and are balanced with kicks and punches. We do quite a bit of sparing and I love that my current school uses Hogus so we can do full contacts sparing (my first school didn't practice full contact sparring).
If I were to pick up a second martial art, I would consider judo or jiu-jitsu
I used to take taekwondo, and I agree to a pretty big extent, I did learn some useful blocks, pressure point training, and moves that do help escape grabs and such, but also there was such a big amount of limitations during sparring that just made it impossible to actually stimulate a fight, now granted our trainer was a black belt who was actually really good at what he did, but we barely learned genuine self defense moves except for our "patterns" which let's face it-if you know them your know that they'd never work in a fight sadly, the classes *were* fun though, which should be a major part of the experience.
I’m almost at my black belt in karate but during these 2 years we rarely sparred we did generic combinations and we had no conditioning. I’m wondering if I could even beat the average guy or a average muscular/fat guy with no fighting experience. 😔
Another good thing you could maybe say is that they could mix you up with there kicks and do higher kicks that would not be expected to go up that far. You could pretty much bombard someone with a multitude of kicks.
@@strawhatchoji2535 Definitely should invest time in the deeper, realer karate, I haven't really joined karate itself and i really want to. But the karate i want is the OG okinawan karate or the kyokushin K-1 Karate, or you could always go muay thai or kickboxing for accessibility. But karate is already a complete art in itself and could compliment alot of other striking based and even grappling based arts suprisingly!
@@strawhatchoji2535 2 years for a black belt? o jesus..
@@thomasturbato7021 my bad it actually takes roughly 4 years and I’m 3 years in I would’ve had it by now but I took a covid break
I first learned from Paul Vunak's "wing chun" based JKD, he taught energy drills called Hu-bud and other wing chun, and sparred using the Straight Blast. I've trained in an MMA gym in recent years, but at HOME I simply shadow kickbox and jump rope for hours and various strength training (never really lifting weights - just bodyweight exercises but using body armor to add weight for pullups/chinups/pushups). Most of my training is conditioning or cardio. The "fun" part of training is the shadowboxing. BUT I desperately Need BJJ or Judo or any kind of ground training but my problem with that is the gyms near me don't have classes that run late and I work 60 hours a week so, and I don't have a lot of room to work out in my home because I can't buy a bigger newer home because every time one becomes available that I want it gets bought within 2 days. I would like to have an unfinished basement to do rolls and BJJ drills (shrimping, rolling etc).
A shockingly reasonable overview. Tremendously well thought out.
Thank you so much! That really means alot to me.
Thank you for showing Judo love ❤️🙏🏽
The moment I saw what you did with the A tier I questioned your credibility & motives. You have some excellent points but if we’re talking about “having to fight with your back against the wall” I’m certain CDS & Jeet Kun Do aren’t more reliable than those B-Tier Martial Arts.
1: Everyone thinks their current practicing martial art is the best so you should’ve left your unheard of Martial Art out the list.
2: Jeet Kun Do while GOOD in my opinion should’ve been sitting right next to Kenpo. Just like what you said about “lot of McDojo’s” in Karate could be said the same for Jeet Kun Do because it’s technically not even a style.
Besides all that, this was a solid video.
Great video, I have taken Judo in Cuba as a kid, Shotokan and other Japanese styles since 1975, Aikido, Kali, MMA and Krav, I can't disagree with much, but it is a shame that Karate has been watered down so much. Also have taken pistol fighting classes with Varg Freeborn, Google him. Really interesting story and we did simmunition pistol against shock knives with full helmets and everyone got cut or "shocked" but one who pushed the guy off really hard but he knew the specifics of the attack. Half the class of twenty-something people were LEO's, most had some MA training, but it was a bitch fighting against a knife. This was a pretty good scenario of pressure testing, those simmunition rounds do leave a welt.
used to be an assistant instructor for kenpo, karate.... trust me, the watering down of those martial arts is mainly due to screaming parents "not wanting their kids to get hurt" and greedy businessmen capitalizing on that.
had a karen go off on me for calling out a student for dicking around in class and not paying attention.
I am a student of kempo and he is right you are taught from the beginning to end the attacker as soon as possible and alot of what is taught is going to severely hurt the person you are engaging but where he is wrong is the ground we were taught bjj for ground
I think boxing is quite underrated, like you said most of the fight will start in a standing position, a good boxer can end a fight in a few seconds, giving no chance to get into the ground, boxing has also a lot of sparring so you'll get fighting experience. The same thing applies to muay thai/kickboxing
Boxing should come higher in my opinion (B+)
A fight always started standing, and a hard well-timed punch is all thats needed.
Also, its often messy (a pub for example with a lot of people) where kicks dont work so well either,
I do not understand why boxing is not higher, although if the boxer is taken to the ground or suffers a powerful throw, not a weak one, the boxer is out of that fight, but he is , so, so , effective with his fists that he should be able prevent that.
Boxing should be on A tier, together with MMA.
any martial art with as many rules as boxing will not be very useful on the street, the list is based on self defense, not sports
@@edinsonbentancurt6520 Very reasonable ; nevertheless those rules are enforced by the referee and if there is no referee present , nobody is in the way of the boxer-self defender , to do whatever he deems necessary to beat the lights out of his attacker
@@bernardotorres2532 you dont think under pressure, you simply repeat what you practiced
Agree on the boxing one tbf, boxing is one of those martial arts that is alright on it’s own but if paired with one or more styles to compensate for it’s holes makes you an absolute menace
I am an active BJJ practitioner, but in the past I have learned traditional ju-jitsu, judo, shotokan karate, savate and traditional boxing, even attentended aikido classes for a month or two and I was on a krav-maga class (that I considered the greatest bullsh*t ever) once. I have to admit I almost totally agreed with you. In my opinion basically every art which has pressure testing against a resisting opponent is superior to all those ones which has controlled drills. Great list, I appreciate yout effort to made this list.
Thank you so much
@@TheSchoolOfSelfDefense I suppose the root cause why our opinion differentiate is because the krav maga here in Hungary ( despite the fact the inventor was Hungarian who emigrated to Israel) is the greatest McDojo. It’s all abou the money. the Krav-maga here looks like this “ oh nice, you can defend very slow jab now, that’s awesome I am gonna promote you to P2 level, it will cost 15000 forints (aprox. 43 usd)”
I practiced Kali for at least 4 years and what I love about it is how easily you can translate your moves to different weapons. Knife/Machete will always be top 1 since... You know... You can literally chop someone (machete gets a plus on that regard because of the spacing knife usually tries to compensate) but stuff like the stick or any improvised weapon is what makes it shine the most. I carry an expandable baton (A "soft" expandable baton. it hits a lot less rough to avoid any permanent injury or concussion), I used it only once when a bulldog tried to hurt my 1 year old cousin
I am glad you had it. At my school we allways say "everything is Kali". Because when you know Kali, most things can become a weapon.
This is great work from someone I can only trust and respect. A great follow on video would be - what about combination equivalencies. For example if I am taking Gracie Jiu-Jitsu AND Muay Thai, does that combo reach the equivalent of something you ranked higher?
Thanks so much.
I also do Bjj and Muay Thai I would say you will be fairly well rounded for strikes and ground some judo and/or wrestling would be beneficial for throws and take downs, but they are both sport influenced if you took a few Krav Maga lessons or credible street self defence program just to get real world applications and situations to drill.
I've been doing shotokan Karate for 15 years mixed with boxing for 5. While no average Joe can outgrapple me, anyone who knows Jiu jitsu would thrash me as shown to me by my friends who study it xD. I'm gonna be enrolling into Jiujitsu pretty soon to get my ground game up! Excited af.
Im 1st degree black belt on kenpo karate and in my school my professor constantly teach us about new ways of fighting (not lethal) and self defense that are useful mixing it with the traditional techniques, this is very useful, i dont know if it is the best martial art but he teached us like the basics of every martial arts to be prepared in any situation and mixing it with traditional kenpo tecniques
I mean we have been sparring a lot of wrestling jiu jitsu and also sparring with just boxing or kickboxing
Basically my teacher had been using the same way to learn that JKD uses, uses the escencial basics of every tecnique then the not escencial not use it